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(No Model.)

G. HAENDLE.

SIDE SPRING FOB VEHICLES. No. 312,844. Patented Feb. 24, 1885.

Inventor:

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UNrrE STATES ATENT, OFFICE.

CONRAD HAENDLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SIDE SPRING FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,844, dated February24-, 1885.

' Application filed December 4, 1884. (So model.)

To all whom it 17mg concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD HAENDLE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Springs forSide-Bar WVagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

It consists in the combination, with the side bars of a wagon, and withtransverse connecting-bars made fast to the side bars and having arms orgoosenecks projecting rigidly therefrom outwardly toward, the ends ofthe wagon and parallel with its sides, of springplates which, extendinglikewise parallel with the sides of the wagon, are pivoted at theirouter ends to t-heends of said rigid arms, and are made fast at theirinner ends to the under side of the body of the wagon, near the middlethereof, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the body,side bars, and springs of a wagon, the axles and transverse bars beingin crosssec-tion; and Fig. 2 a bottom view of the same.

A represents-the body, and B B the side bars, of the wagon. The sidebars, B B, are secured to the axles O O in the customary manner.

D D are crossbars extending from one side bar to the other and made fastthereto, each at a point about midway between the center of the side barand its point of attachment to the axle. These cross-barsD D, made fastto the side bars, are each formed with goose-necks or arms E Eprojecting therefrom at a right angle therewith, near each end, and onthe side thereof next to the axle. The intervals between the twooutwardly-projecting arms E E on each cross-bar are somewhat less thanthe width of the wagon-bed.

F F are spring-plates secured end to endto the under side of thewagon-body, near to one side, and at or about the middle thereof, toextend therefrom in a right line with each other and parallel wit-h theside of the body, far enough to reach the ends of the two arms E E onthat side, and F F are corresponding spring-plates secured in likemanner to the bottom of the body on the opposite side. The

outer ends of these springs F F and F F are coupled with hinged joint tothe ends of the rigid arms E E.

Although I prefer to divide the springs into pairs consisting of twoplates, F and F and F F, secured in a right line, end to end, asillustrated in Fig. 2, the springs may consist each of a single plate ofelastic steel extending entirely across in one piece from the end of oneof the arms to the end of the opposite arm, or of two or more leavessuperimposed, as in the ordinary semi-elliptic springs, and one of whichextends from arm to arm. The arms E E are forged in one piece with thecross-bars D D, or rigidly secured. thereto. The hinged joint of theends of the springs F and F, with the arms E E, may be made ofanyapproved form. The cross-bars D D are secured'to the side bars by meansof clips and bolts or other secure fastening.

In the operation of my improved springs, as the spring-plates F F giveunder the load they flatten against the bottom of the wagonbody, and arethereby supported and menforced against undue strain. The elasticity ofthese springs is, moreover, supplemented by that of the side bars, bothbeing brought into play under the weight of the wagon and its load. Thecross-bars impart a desirable degree of rigidity to the suspension ofthe body without detracting from the needful elasticity and resiliencytherein, and the weight upon any part of the wagon becomes evenly distributed thereby.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the two side bars of aside-bar spring-wagon, and with two crossbars connecting the same aboutmidway between the center thereof and the axles to which they aresecured, of arms projecting rigidly from the outer side of eachcross-bar near each end thereof, and springs hinged to the outer end ofeach arm, and which, extending thence inwardly parallel with the sidebars and above the cross-bars, are secured to the under side of thewagon-bed for its support, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub scribing witnesses.

tVitnesses: CONRAD I'IAENDLE.

A. B. MOORE, G. H. SPENCER.

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